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Delaware House approves budget bill for upcoming fiscal year

By Randall Chase Jun. 23, 2021 05:56 PM EDT
DOVER, Del. (AP) — House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 that adds hundreds of millions of dollars to the...

President Joe Biden, right, visits with an attendee as he departs Mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

For Biden, a deeply personal Memorial Day weekend observance

By Jonathan Lemire May. 30, 2021 03:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 14, 1988, file photo, Republican presidential candidates, Vice President George Bush, from left, Pat Robertson, Rep. Jack Kemp, Pierre "Pete" du Pont and Senator Bob Dole pose before starting their last debate before the primary in Goffstown, N.H. Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV, a former Delaware governor and congressman who sought the 1988 Republican presidential nomination, has died at age 86. Du Pont, a scion of the family that established the DuPont Co., died at his home in Wilmington, Del., on Saturday, May 8, 2021, after a long illness, his former chief of staff, Bob Perkins, said. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Pierre ‘Pete’ du Pont IV dies; ran for president in 1988

By The Associated Press May. 09, 2021 11:59 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during an event to mark Amtrak's 50th anniversary at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

All aboard! Biden celebrates Amtrak's 50 years on the rails

By Darlene Superville Apr. 30, 2021 10:51 AM EDT

President Joe Biden's motorcade arrives at Wilmington Country Club, Saturday, April 17, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. Biden is spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Fore! Biden plays golf for the first time as president

By Jonathan Lemire Apr. 17, 2021 02:10 PM EDT

FILE - This April 26, 2007, file photo, shows the exterior of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., in Waltham, Mass. Thermo Fisher is buying clinical research company PPD in a deal valued at $17.4 billion. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Thermo Fisher buying PPD in deal worth $17.4 billion

Apr. 15, 2021 07:55 AM EDT

President Joe Biden talks with first lady Jill Biden as they walk to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Biden is spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

For Biden, there's no place like a weekend home in Delaware

By Darlene Superville Mar. 13, 2021 03:49 PM EST

Visits to resume at Delaware prisons as virus caseload drops

Mar. 06, 2021 11:17 AM EST
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Inmates at Delaware prisons will be able to receive visitors later this month as coronavirus cases among inmates and the population at large...

Police cleared of criminal wrongdoing in four shootings

By Randall Chase Mar. 05, 2021 06:10 PM EST
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s Department of Justice has cleared police of criminal wrongdoing in four shootings last year, one of them fatal. ...

Restaurateur prepares for brain surgery and new business

By Allison Ballard, Wilmington Starnews Feb. 27, 2021 12:01 AM EST
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — For those who don’t know Tammy Tilghman, her friend and employee Hannah Faircloth said she is someone who always puts others first. ...